Balch Springs Concrete is a concrete contractor working in Heartland, TX. We build driveways, patios, walks, garage floors and slabs for homes here, plus footings and foundations for builders and property owners.
Heartland is a neighborhood of newer houses in Kaufman County near Forney. It has a lake, trails and parks running between the homes and a community association that keeps an eye on how the houses look. Most calls here are for flatwork, the driveways, patios and walks that lie flat on the ground, along with garage floors and the odd set of back steps.
The houses sit close together, and every driveway faces the same street the neighbors see. A new one has to come out level and square with the sidewalk and the house next door, and a backyard patio usually means planning how the concrete gets past the fence.
A driveway carries your cars every day and meets the sidewalk, so we dig out, pack the base and set the slope before the truck comes.
Explore serviceWant a back patio for chairs and a grill? We size it to your yard and pitch it away from the house so rain runs off.
Explore serviceStamped concrete is pressed with patterns and colored to look like stone or brick, so we pick the pattern with you and match it to the house.
Explore serviceWe pour front walks and side paths to the driveway with control joints, shallow grooves that give cracks a planned place to go.
Explore serviceWhen a garage floor has cracked or sunk at the door, we break it out, repack what's under it and pour a floor that sheds water outward.
Explore serviceDecorative concrete means color, exposed stone or a contrasting border on a patio or walk. We settle the look with you before we set forms.
Explore serviceWe build concrete retaining walls where a yard steps down, with footings sized to the height and drainage behind the wall so water doesn't push it over.
Explore serviceFor a shop, shed or add-on room, we pour an interior floor flat and level, with the subgrade, the ground the slab sits on, packed first.
Explore serviceA pool deck has to drain away from the water and give wet, bare feet some grip, so we plan the slope and the surface texture together.
Explore serviceNeed front or back steps? We form every step to the same height so they feel even underfoot, and tie them into the walk or slab below.
Explore serviceBuilders call us for slab foundations on new homes and additions. We set forms and rebar, the steel inside that holds the slab together, to the plans.
Explore serviceWhen you're building or adding on, we dig, form and pour the foundation the plans call for, and check every line and level twice before the pour.
Explore serviceFor a business or rental property, we pour parking areas thick enough for the traffic they'll carry, with the drainage planned so water leaves the lot.
Explore serviceFootings are the concrete under walls, posts and porches that spreads the weight into the ground, so we dig them to the depth and width the plans set.
Explore serviceIf a slab or foundation has dropped and doors stick or floors slope, we look at what's under it first, then lift and support it back toward level.
Explore serviceWe saw-cut concrete for new joints, a wider driveway, a plumbing trench or a doorway, so the edge comes out straight instead of a ragged break.
Explore serviceFor Heartland, the local government is Kaufman County. The county's Development Services office handles most permitting for the unincorporated parts of the county, so that's where we check first on every job here. When a job needs a permit, we file it, book the inspections and set the pour date around them, so the inspection calendar moves your schedule as much as our crew does. We're licensed and insured. A business working in the county under an assumed name files that name with the county clerk, and a corporation or LLC files its assumed name with the Texas secretary of state, so those are the records behind a company's name. The price moves with the size of the slab, how thick it is, how much old concrete comes out, how much digging and base the ground needs and the finish you pick, and I come out, measure it and write down what the price covers.
Heartland sits about 25 miles east of downtown Dallas, and we work it alongside Mesquite and Travis Ranch. Trails and green space run through the neighborhood, so before the pour we plan where the truck parks and how concrete reaches your backyard without crossing a neighbor's lawn or the path.
Tell us about the driveway, patio or slab you have in mind, by the form or at (214) 286-6733, and we'll reply within one business day. I come out to Heartland myself to walk the job, measure it and write down what the price covers. The estimate is free, and there's no obligation to book.
(214) 286-6733Concrete can still crack, but a slab on a packed base with control joints cut on time usually cracks in straight lines along those joints instead of across the middle. Most old cracks come from a base that settled or joints that were skipped, so that's the first thing I look at on your old slab.
You can walk on new concrete days before you can drive on it, because it's still curing, slowly gaining strength, and it needs that time before it carries a car's weight. The wait depends on the mix and that week's weather, so we tell you when it's ready for feet and when it's ready for tires.
Search your full address on the county's GIS map, which shows FEMA flood zones and other features on a property, though the county notes the map is always being corrected and updated. The county requires a floodplain permit for development in any unincorporated area the FEMA map puts in a flood plain, so we check that with the county office before we set a pour date.
Check with Heartland's community association before you plan the pour, because it runs an Architectural Review process for home modifications, with an online application and design guidelines. Bring those guidelines to the estimate, and we'll lay out the size and finish with them in mind and leave time for the review before a pour date.
Balch Springs Concrete is a concrete contractor in Balch Springs, TX, and we work across the cities around it. These cities have their own pages, and if yours isn't listed, give us a call and ask.
We're open 7 AM to 11 PM every day of the week, so you can call (214) 286-6733 after work or send the form tonight.
If you're still deciding what the slab should be, send us a note and we'll talk it through.
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